FREDDY CADENA

Freddy Cadena began his musical studies in the National Conservatory of Quito, Ecuador.

In 1984 he got scholarship to the former Soviet Union and continued his studies in Moscow.

First he studied at the Music College under L. Pavlov in choral conducting; then he became a student of Moscow Tchaikovsky State Conservatory with choir conducting major (Teacher: Maestro B. Kulikov), Opera and Symphony conducting major (Teachers: Maestro L. Nikolaev and Maestro V. Kataev).

In 1994 Mr. Cadena graduated from the Conservatory WITH HONORS.
He took part in conducting master-classes in Germany, Spain and Moscow under well-known German master HELMUTH RILLING.

He works with the Opera-Studio Symphony Orchestra of the Moscow Conservatory, and has collaborated with the Russian Ministry of Defense Symphony Orchestra, the Yourlov Academic Choir-Cappella and many others.

Among other orchestras, Freddy Cadena is a guest conductor of the Brass Symphony Orchestra in Aragon (Spain), and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ecuador.

Since 1992 he performs conducting master classes in Spain.

In 1995, he became the artist director and conductor of the AMADEUS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA, founded by the Moscow Composers Union and the firm "Amadeus".

He takes part in many music festivals such as International Festival of Contemporary Music "Moscow Autumn", Iberoamerican Cultural Festival, "The Soul of Japan", "Glinka" Festival in Smolensk, "I Festival de la cuerda pulsada" in Asturias-Spain, etc.

He has accompanied outstanding Russian soloists like Vladimir Krainev, Irina Arkhipova, Vladislav Piavko, Alexei Kozlov, Marina Yashbili, Marina Tarasova, Zoria Shihmurzaeva, Maria Tchaikovskaya, etc.

In addition, from 2000, Mr. Cadena has been working as a teacher, conductor and music director of the Opera Training Faculty of the Moscow Conservatory.

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